In June, President Trump halted various temporary work visas, including H-1B, L-1 and certain J-1 visas. Advocates for an extension say it would tie the hands of President-elect Joe Biden.
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The deadline to extend a controversial executive order suspending several temporary US work visas is fast approaching for President Trump. The outgoing US President, who ordered the temporary suspension of US work visas amid the coronavirus, is under pressure from certain anti-immigration groups to extend the ban into 2021.
Should Trump extend the ban, it will put pressure on President-elect Joe Biden to quickly overturn the suspension. According to sources monitoring the situation, the Trump camp is said to be divided over whether the President should enforce an extension.
In June, Trump signed an executive order halting the processing of new applications for H1B visas, H2B visas, H4 visas, L1 visas and certain J1 visas. The current suspension is set to end on 31 December 2020, giving Trump just days to extend it or let it lapse.
29 Dec 2020
President Trump is being urged to extend an executive order he signed in June that halted a number of foreign visa worker programs so as to ease labor market competition against millions of jobless Americans who have been forced out of their jobs by the Chinese coronavirus crisis.
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has sent a letter to Trump asking that he extend the order, set to expire by January 1, 2021, to continue to prioritize unemployed Americans for scarce jobs in the United States rather than allowing businesses to import foreign workers on various visas.
Trump’s order halted visa programs, including: